NETGEAR WIRELESS USB - DOWNLOADS FREEZE

I am having troubles when I am downloading files on a NETGEAR wireless
router and USB reciver - they will start off at a good rate, but then
slow down eventually to a halt. The little download animation
continues, there is still a data rate shown, but the time left and mb's
being downloaded just freeze and the whole download eventually
times-out. I cannot seem to get a complete download of anything.

I have tried disabling the windows firewall and changing the
fragmentation and RTS/CTS threshholds but with no luck.

Any ideas anybody??

Cheers

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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 22 May 2006
18:21:54 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I am having troubles when I am downloading files on a NETGEAR wireless
>router and USB reciver - they will start off at a good rate, but then
>slow down eventually to a halt. The little download animation
>continues, there is still a data rate shown, but the time left and mb's
>being downloaded just freeze and the whole download eventually
>times-out. I cannot seem to get a complete download of anything.
>
>I have tried disabling the windows firewall and changing the
>fragmentation and RTS/CTS threshholds but with no luck.
>
>Any ideas anybody??

Sounds like interference. See the FAQ below.

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Ah....

The website you linked to mentions that Bluetooth can be a source of
interference for Wi-Fi - hadn't really thought about that. I've
recently bought a bluetooth keyboard and mouse - the bluetooth 'dongle'
is sat next to the Wi-fi reciever! I will try disabling it & see if it
cures my problem!

Cheers

Perfect - unplugging the bluetooth dongle cured the problem. I guess
Wifi and Bluetooth devices don't mix - knackers.

Dan

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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 28 May 2006
12:03:51 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Perfect - unplugging the bluetooth dongle cured the problem. I guess
>Wifi and Bluetooth devices don't mix - knackers.

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi do use the same frequencies, so some conflict is
inevitable. However, the amount of conflict can be minimized with the right
hardware on both sides, but especially on the Bluetooth side -- try quality
Bluetooth 1.2, which has improved Wi-Fi coexistence. The other option is to
use 802.11a, which uses different frequencies, instead of 802.11b/g.

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